Along with the fall of the Soviet Union, the world’s most momentous story of the last 30 years has been the rise of China from communist basketcase to a largely free-market economic powerhouse, yet still under the rule of the Communist Party. The situation is highly complex. ISIL is co-sponsoring the conference as an Asian regional event, and is encouraging international friends of freedom to attend and to explore this fascinating country. Li Zhao Schoolland is coordinating this free-market symposium in Shanghai at the Hilton Double Tree Hotel, running from evening July 20th through the 22nd.

There is much mystery in how human society invents words, concepts and even real things such as money. The mischief the Keynesians made with their theories was turning money into a creature of The State, writes Sauvik Chakraverti in the Mint